---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to the use of an automated clearing house to facilitate payment to adoptive parents, to amend and reenact section 50-09-02.2 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to adoption assistance; and to provide an effective datefor application."
description: "Relating to the use of an automated clearing house to facilitate payment to adoptive parents, to amend and reenact section 50-09-02.2 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to adoption assistance; and to provide an effective datefor application."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nd"
legislature: "North Dakota Legislative Assembly"
session: "67"
identifier: "SB 2088"
citation: "North Dakota SB 2088 (67)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 3
action_count: 18
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2021-01-05"
last_action: "2021-04-20"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/59322de6-0ace-483f-8573-909a6bb46b89"
source_url: "http://www.ndlegis.gov/assembly/67-2021/regular/bill-overview/bo2088.html"
source_hash: "a9d73f79372ef7bfd5cd532a73d77a52873a47514c04f4fb3eb4948ea392e185"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-nd"]
---

# North Dakota SB 2088 (67) — Relating to the use of an automated clearing house to facilitate payment to adoptive parents, to amend and reenact section 50-09-02.2 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to adoption assistance; and to provide an effective datefor application.

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **INTRODUCED** (filed) — [source](http://www.ndlegis.gov/assembly/67-2021/regular/documents/21-8071-01000.pdf)
2. **Enrollment** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ndlegis.gov/assembly/67-2021/regular/documents/21-8071-03000.pdf)
3. **SENATE BILL NO. 2088 with House Amendments** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ndlegis.gov/assembly/67-2021/regular/documents/21-8071-02000.pdf)

## Sponsors

- Human Services — cosponsor (organization)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2021-01-05** Introduced, first reading, referred Human Services Committee `introduction`
- **2021-01-06** Committee Hearing 11:15
- **2021-01-08** Reported back, do pass, place on calendar 6 0 0 `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-01-08** Second reading, passed, yeas 47 nays 0 `passage, reading-2`
- **2021-01-11** Received from Senate
- **2021-02-19** Introduced, first reading, referred Human Services Committee `introduction`
- **2021-03-03** Committee Hearing 09:15
- **2021-03-11** Reported back amended, do pass, amendment placed on calendar 14 0 0 `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-03-12** Amendment adopted, placed on calendar
- **2021-03-16** Second reading, passed as amended, yeas 93 nays 1 `passage, reading-2`
- **2021-03-17** Returned to Senate (12)
- **2021-04-09** Concurred
- **2021-04-09** Second reading, passed, yeas 47 nays 0 `passage, reading-2`
- **2021-04-14** Signed by Speaker
- **2021-04-14** Signed by President
- **2021-04-14** Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2021-04-19** Signed by Governor 04/16 `executive-signature`
- **2021-04-20** Filed with Secretary Of State 04/16 `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/59322de6-0ace-483f-8573-909a6bb46b89`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Dakota legislature records).